[Dancecult-l] violence

[thleen]

The doof still happened on the other side of Nimbin in the "Tweed Shire" [AKA
Weed Shire], though many other smaller renegade parties happened in the hills
as well . . . Nimbin's main drag now has security cameras which are not used to
stop any vandalism and violence, but rather to bust tourists scoring . . .
cheers, k

Quoting Adam Walker <de_proginosko at hotmail.com>:

> Wow! Cheers for letting us know that the event has been cancelled. I guess 
> it's just a matter of waiting and seeing what the implications of this will 
> be. Nimbin's Mardigrass is an institution, and the event, as well as 
> standard Nimbin smoking practices, have been under real scrutiny since a few
> 
> years ago when high positions in district law enforcement were restructured.
> 
>   I was passing through there just when this happened and in the 2 hours 
> that I was in the main street, a major fight broke out and I was literally 
> accosted by locals who didn't want to sell me pot, but who were sussing out 
> whether I was a cop or not (much, much more than normal). The paranonia set 
> in motion by state goverments plan to stir things up was very real...and now
> 
> it seems it's having effects on the well known ritual festival. Before this 
> time it was such a dubby, peaceful, fun town, where  being able to buy smoke
> 
> in the main street was a novelty for visitors, but the norm for the locals. 
> Hmmm, interesting.
> 
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